General Knowledge Quiz No. 310

[Carl]

• 1. Vibrato in music is small rapid changes in: Tone; Pitch; Volume; or All three ?

• 2. Which modern city bridging Asia and Europe was called Byzantium ?

• 3. Russia borders with 14 nations; Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus,Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, North Korea and which four others ?

• 4. Praxis is the practical application of: Force; Learning; Maths; or Warfare ?

• 5. What brand and problem-solving verb is named from ten to the power of one hundred ?

• 6. What bird prefixes flesh, grass, berry and step ?

• 7. Pasteurization (of milk, beer, etc.) controls micro-organisms/fermentation using: Salt; Heat; Ultra-violet; or Atomic radiation ?

• 8. Potassium Nitrate, historically used in gunpowder, is better known as: TNT; Sugar; Saltpetre; or Salt ?

• 9. TEFL is a popular abbreviation in: Cookware; Hi-Fi; Wi-Fi; or Education ?

• 10. In birdwatching parlance, what is an LBJ, referring to an indistinguishable small brown bird ?

• 11. Traditional analogue tape-recording uses: Heat; Light; Magnetism; or Grooves ?

• 12. In accounting an allowance for lost asset value due to age or wear is: Projection; Depreciation; Appreciation; or Congratulation ?

• 13. A historic royal castle, and the Scottish Highland Games are in: Edinburgh; Glasgow; Braemar; or Inverness ?

• 14. Which one of these is not a basic ingredient of fudge confection: Sugar; Milk; Butter; or Eggs ?

• 15. Lobo refers (Spanish originating) to which creature ?

Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

[stowie39]

11. Magnetism
12. Depreciation

[gail]

7. Heat
8. Saltpetre

[elcarretero]

1 Tone
2 Istanbul

[gail]

13. Braemar
14. Eggs

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Vibrato in music is small rapid changes in: Tone; Pitch; Volume; or All three ? Pitch

• 2. Which modern city bridging Asia and Europe was called Byzantium ? Istanbul

• 3. Russia borders with 14 nations; Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus,Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, North Korea and which four others ? China, Norway, Finland, Ukraine

• 4. Praxis is the practical application of: Force; Learning; Maths; or Warfare ? Learning

• 5. What brand and problem-solving verb is named from ten to the power of one hundred ? Google

• 6. What bird prefixes flesh, grass, berry and step ? Goose

• 7. Pasteurization (of milk, beer, etc.) controls micro-organisms/fermentation using: Salt; Heat; Ultra-violet; or Atomic radiation ? Heat

• 8. Potassium Nitrate, historically used in gunpowder, is better known as: TNT; Sugar; Saltpetre; or Salt ? Saltpetre

• 9. TEFL is a popular abbreviation in: Cookware; Hi-Fi; Wi-Fi; or Education ? Education

• 10. In birdwatching parlance, what is an LBJ, referring to an indistinguishable small brown bird ? Little Brown Job

• 11. Traditional analogue tape-recording uses: Heat; Light; Magnetism; or Grooves ? Magnetism

• 12. In accounting an allowance for lost asset value due to age or wear is: Projection; Depreciation; Appreciation; or Congratulation ? Depreciation

• 13. A historic royal castle, and the Scottish Highland Games are in: Edinburgh; Glasgow; Braemar; or Inverness ? Braemar

• 14. Which one of these is not a basic ingredient of fudge confection: Sugar; Milk; Butter; or Eggs ? Eggs

• 15. Lobo refers (Spanish originating) to which creature ? Wolf